Global InformationMS Onego Deusto information
| History | |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Onego Deusto |
| Owner | Onego Deusto BV |
| Builder | Volharding Shipyards, Harlingen, Netherlands |
| Launched | 17 December 2007 |
| Acquired | 1 January 2008 |
| Maiden voyage | Bremerhaven – Venezuela |
| Renamed | 2019[1] |
| Identification | IMO number: 9399129 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Length | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Beam | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
| Draught | 7.73 m (25.4 ft) |
| Sail plan | one 160 m2 (1,700 sq ft) power kite |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Capacity | 474 TEU or 228 FEU + 18 TEU |
MS Onego Deusto (christened Beluga SkySails) is a commercial container cargo ship. It is the world's first ship partially powered by a computer-controlled kite rig,[2] called the SkySails system. It consists of a kite similar to a huge paraglider of up to 160 square metres (1,700 sq ft) area.[3]
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